[German]On July 10, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4338818, KB4338823) for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates (KB4338815, KB4338824) for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
A short tip for administrators working with InTune. The WindowsAutoPilotIntune 2.1 script has been released in the PowerShell Gallery. This is an example module for managing AutoPilot devices via the Intune Graph API. Michael Niehaus pointed this out here.
Policy Analyzer is a utility in the Security Compliance Toolkit for analyzing and comparing sets of Group Policy Objects (GPOs), which has been received a minor update End of June 2018.
Microsoft has begun to ship its previously blocked Windows 10 April Update (V1803) to Dell Alienware PCs and Notebooks. The devices are automatically updated to the new Windows 10 build.
Microsoft will offer a core version of Windows Server 2019, which comes without a desktop and is managed via PowerShell and Admin Center. But there is also a desktop version available.
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[German]It's an interesting discovery for administrators. Microsoft Office 365 has an undocumented API that allows administrators to read the activities of Outlook email accounts.
[German]Google and Mozilla have banned the Stylish browser extension (AddOn) from the stores. Here is some background information about this add-on.
A short tip for administrators of Windows systems who perform forensic analyses with regard to logon processes. Windows events with event ID 4624 have a numeric code that indicates the type of logon (or logon attempt).
[German]Mark Russinovich has updated the two tools Sysmon and Autoruns from the Sysinternals Tools on July 5, 2018 (see this Technet article).
[German]Users of Windows 10 may experience a nasty surprise when switching to version 1803. Drivers are no longer be loaded and return the error code 39 in the device manager – although all worked before installing the feature update. This is due to Core Isolation (HCVI), which was implemented in all versions of Windows 10 since version 1803 – and can cause the driver error on compatible machines.
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